These are the competition winners for 2025

Click on "Results" in any row to go to the gallery for that month.  Hover over any photo to see the information about that photo, including its awards.

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This page contains all the images that won judged or popular awards in 2025, but it takes a few minutes for the images to be downloaded.

To see a slide show of a particular month's competition, go to "Galleries" and expand "Competition Winners". Select "Slide Show" for your desired month.

2025 Competition Winners
Month Theme Results Total Basic Intermediate Advanced
Entries Awards Entries Awards Entries Awards Entries Awards
January Oldies Results 30 10 6 3 15 4 9 3
February Open Results 32 10 9 3 14 4 9 3
March Water in All Its Forms TBD                
April Cityscapes TBD                
May Open TBD                
June After Hours TBD                
July Flowers TBD                
August Open TBD                
September Light Painting TBD                
October Monochrome TBD                
November Open TBD                
    Totals 62 20 15 6 29 8 18 6

2025 Overall Statistics
Number Statistic
79 Peak number of competing members
36 Number of members who submitted competition images
46% Percentage of members who submitted competition images
16 Number of people who won judged awards
20% Percentage of members who won judged awards
44% Percentage of members who submitted images and won judged awards
6 Number of people who won popular awards but not judged awards
8% Percentage of members who won popular awards but not judged awards
62 Total number of competition entries
20 Total number of judged awards
32% Percentage of entries that won judged awards
19 Total number of popular awards
31% Percentage of entries that won popular awards
0 Number of guest judges
6 Number of judges who were members
8% Percentage of members who were judges
2025 Judging Information
Judge Competitions Member?
Arlie Pfeifer 1 Member
Clay Leben 1 Member
Leslie Chatham 1 Member
Mary Day Long 1 Member
Patrick StCin 1 Member
Ty Lehman 1 Member
2025 Judges from the Advanced Level
Judge Entries Wins Judging
Alexandra Nemeth 0 0 0
Bill Bunton 0 0 0
Carol Schiraldi 0 0 0
Cat Smith 0 0 0
Dennis Bosserman 0 0 0
Gary Hook 0 0 0
Haytham Samarchi 0 0 0
John Chatham 0 0 0
Joshua Guenther 0 0 0
Laszlo Perlaky 0 0 0
Leslie Chatham 0 0 1
Mary Day Long 0 0 1
Nick Grossman 0 0 0
Patrick StCin 0 0 1
Patti Mitchell 0 0 0
Phil Hawkins 0 0 0
Ruben Cruz 0 0 0
Russ Morris 0 0 0
Stephen Brkich 0 0 0
Steven Behnke 0 0 0
Ty Lehman 0 0 1

January, 2025 - Theme is "Oldies"

Basic Award Winners for January, 2025
Award(s) Name Title
1st, Gold Mark Interrante Texas Oak #4
2nd Jeri Murphy Vintage Gas Pump
3rd Clay Leben Sleeping Cat Dreaming
Intermediate Award Winners for January, 2025
Award(s) Name Title
1st, Silver Cody Addison I'm Looking Through You
2nd Rose Epps Castiglion del Bosco Winery at Dawn, Tuscany
3rd Roberto White Lil Green Monster
HM Ed Peet Josie
Gold Jonathan Rocher Gone fishing
Advanced Award Winners for January, 2025
Award(s) Name Title
1st, Silver Gary Hook Tough Enough
2nd John Chatham Canadian Rocky Mountain Pre-sunrise Serenity
3rd, Silver Patrick StCin Morning at Shiprock
Gold Leslie Chatham Namib desert 2022
Silver Mary Day Long Devotees


February, 2025 - Theme is "Open"

Basic Award Winners for February, 2025
Award(s) Name Title
1st, Gold Vasu Kadalagere Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces.
2nd, Silver Jeri Murphy Daylily
3rd Clay Leben Jupiter and Lake Travis Sunrise Reflection
Bronze Mark Interrante Corner of Memories
Bronze Eric Reeder Wesley’s First Beach Trip
Intermediate Award Winners for February, 2025
Award(s) Name Title
1st, Gold Jonathan Rocher One's path
2nd, Bronze Arlie Pfeifer Aspens Imagined
3rd Roger Edwards Deep Thought
HM, Bronze Roberto White Those eyes!
Silver Jim Smith Incoming
Bronze Verlon Smith I should have called an Uber because this is not a composite
Advanced Award Winners for February, 2025
Award(s) Name Title
1st, Gold Nick Grossman Run!
2nd Gary Hook She's Got Places To Go
3rd, Bronze Stephen Brkich Negative 55F
Silver Dennis Bosserman Caddo Mill Pond Moment



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